Count All Your Blessings

Good morning and happy Friday. It's good to be back in the routine of living again. Now just getting caught up with work and home stuff so that it's all back to normal. Really, thats my big problem for today?  Two blessings in that, a job and a home. But I'm used to those so I don't count 'em anymore. They're a blessing every day. My car and my kids all these are blessings I don't count every day. I'm thankful for them but am I just expecting more. "Ok God thank you for those, but where's the next one?". That's how I see us living today, with an expecting attitude. Not an I need to do more for others and be happy in what I have received frame of mind. This is in the extreme mode to some but it's not far off the mark with our society in general. We can impact that by how we live for God daily. Those in the shadows are watching our every move. If it's not right then they see us as hypocrites. Be thankful of the blessing you have received and the ones that are with you daily. Keep your heart focused on God, not for what He gives you, but what He uses you for to give to others. In love always. <><

Our Real Home

Good morning and happy Thursday. Home. I love being home. Seeing new places going to old places is fun and needed but when you get home it feels so good. It's comfort. It's familiar. It's your place you've made to be all yours. We tend to like our stuff better than the hotels or friends stuff. But this isn't about us really. Home is not here. Think what that home will be like. John, in Revelation, says it's beyond our wildest imagination. I've got a pretty good imagination and if it's better than that, well let's just say I wanna be there. But I'm making it again about me. It's for God all this is done. It's His glory we have to show here so when we get there we know how to do it better. This is all temporary and we know it. But we live as if it w can't live without it. Home is what I've built it and made it to be. Living without it is what He's asking me to do. To live only for Him. There's a lot in that and some how I've got to find it. We've got to find it. In love always. <><

He's Easy To Find When It's Hard

Good morning and happy Wednesday. Been up driving all night and came to realize something; I can't do it all night and when I get in the construction, I really have to concentrate. When I'm on the regular non-construction it's nice and easy. It's the same with God, when it's hard going I can find Him easy. When things are good, I don't call on Him as much. It's in those long easy times I really need more time with Him. That's when it's the best to grow with Him. But we seem to rely on ourselves then way too much. We forget we need Him so He puts up some construction signs and makes us concentrate more on Him. Enjoy the drive today; especially the tough spots. In love always. <><

God Makes it Good

Good morning and happy Tuesday. Well the trip is over and I'm glad to be home but I miss my friends already. It's funny the long term plans God has for us and the people that come into our lives. If a lot a bad things didn't happen in my life I wouldn't have been on this trip to begin with. He takes our bad and makes it good for us when we do for Him. Things that may not be seen for many years sometimes. He has blessed me with new people in my life since the first time I became divorced. Good friends and good people. Events that are happening in everyday lives come together at a point and time He puts together. Finding the good in what God does is a gift we all need to open and use daily. He surrounds us with Himself all the time. Find the joy of His presence today. In love always. <><

We're All Different

Good morning and happy Monday. Well vacation is over and it's time to get back to real world. It's cool to get away to another part of the country and see and hear another culture. Just a small trip and not too far away you see how different and diverse people from the same country are. It reminds me that God has made us all unique and for a purpose of our own. His plans are as diverse as there are people. The ways we think and feel and see the world are so different all over. So the plan he has for us is one we need to be listening to and acting on the will of God in our lives. Together all of us will be working for the purpose of God. Do your part today. In love always. <><